Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) today announced that Charles F.
Collins, vice president and controller and the Company’s chief
accounting officer, will retire from Cal-Maine Foods effective December
31, 2013. The Company is considering candidates for this position and
will name a successor prior to his retirement date.

Dolph Baker, chairman, president and chief executive officer of
Cal-Maine Foods, commented, “In his long tenure of dedicated service,
Charlie Collins has played an important role in the growth and
development of Cal-Maine Foods. He joined the Company’s Maine division
in 1969 and moved to the corporate offices in Jackson in 1980. He also
served as a director of the Company from 1983 to 2004. Charlie Collins
has been a valued advisor and we are very grateful for his many
contributions to our success. We wish him all the best in his
retirement."

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is primarily engaged in the production, grading,
packing and sale of fresh shell eggs, including conventional, cage-free,
organic and nutritionally-enhanced eggs. The Company, which is
headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, currently is the largest producer
and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States and sells the
majority of its shell eggs in approximately 29 states across the
southwestern, southeastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the
United States.

Contacts:

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.Dolph BakerChairman, President and CEOorTimothy
A. DawsonVice President and CFO601-948-6813